The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-10-15
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NOTES AND INCIDENTS OF THE
JOURNEY.
Special correspondence Of the NEw Donrsfos.
New ORLEANS, La, October 81
closed my last letter at Chattanooga,
Tenn, and from this point / will
commence.
Before leaving Chattanooga, how
ever, / will state that I witnessed a
sad accident while in the store Of
one of my customers, T. H. Paine d,
Co. One of the clerks stepped on
the elevator and started to the sec
ond or third floor after some goods,
and just as the elevator had reached
a height of about three feet from the
floor, two of the errand boys came
running through the store and one
of them jumped on the elevator
The elevator was one of the hydrau
lie kind, which runs very rapidly
and before the boy could get fairly
ON it had assembled to the gate,
which was mp. (The gate is for the
purpose of keeping persons from
falling through the floor when the
elevator is above or below and should
always be down when the elevator
starts either way.) The gate being
very close to the elevator, caught
him ON the back and dragged him
off, but he still held on with his
hands and was not yet hurt. At
this point number in the store
called to the clerk to stop the eleva-
tor, which could have been done in
an instant, but instead of doing so
he was so much excited that he
caught hold of the boy and tried to
pull him on, but before he could do
it the elevator passed through the
next floor and scraped the boy loose
and he fell to the cellar below.
Shortly after he was carried up life
less, with the blood streaming from
his nose, mouth and ears. This is
striking example of how valuable
man is at times that can keep cool
and not get excited
Business being finished in Chatta-
nooga, / took the Western and At
lanta r. r. for Atlanta, Ga. The
country between these two cities is
varied, being rough and uneven and
in some places mountainous. On
our way we passed through a num-
Der of fourishing little cities and
towns, the principal of which are
Dalton, Kingston, Gainesville and
Marietta. Our train was fast one
and went speeding along at rapid
rate. Marietta being passed we
cross the Chatahooche river and
soon we are in Atlanta. In Atlanta
| stopped at the Kimball House,
which is one of the finest hotels in
the South. This hotel is built in
the form of a hollow square with
rooms ON either side of continuous
hall. Balconies supported by col
umns and beautifully lighted with
prism fringed chandeliers surround
the interior at each deor. The bal
comics are all provided with sofas
and chairs and the guests, especially
the ladies, can come out in the even
ing and look down into the rotunda
on crowd of men gathered from all
parts of the country.
While at the Kimball very sad
affair occurred in the way of sui
eide. / occupied room No. APO. DR..
Bourcheim, one Of the regular board
ers Of the hotel, occupied room No
AL, and on Sunday morning, in
stead of getting up and coming
down to breakfast as the other
guests did, he got up and loaded one
chamber of a big navy revolver and
then got back in bed. Instead of
lying down he sat up in bed, held
the revolver against his knees, in
clined his head forward against the
muzzle and pulled the trigger One
of the colored chambermaids was
passing through the hall at the time
and heard the report. She immedi-
ately opened the door, gave one
scream, tainted and fell back in the
hall. This attracted, number of
persons to the door and when they
looked in such a sight as was pre-
sented! He was lying on his side
in big pool Of blood with his head
toward the door. His head had been
so close to the revolver that the con-
cussion had split his skull wide
open and the brains and blood were
all over the bed and walls, and the
room presented an appearance more
like slaughter house than any
thing else. The ball clipped the
head of the bed and went into the
ceiling, and from this fact it was
thought he shot himself in the posi-
ton and manner as above described.
Some of his friends were immediate
ly notified of his suicide, and they
had him removed at once from the
hotel by an undertaken and the room
cleaned up and put in order for the
next arrival. Thus the world moves
on.
Atlanta has a population of about
10000 and is growing rapidly. I'm
like most southern cities, it has a
great many wide awake business
men, full Of push and enterprise.
There is a great deal of manufactur-
ing done here and it is quite rail
road centre. The new State house
will be completed in about year
and when done it will be one of the
finest in the South. The Legislature
was in session while 1 was there and
the city was crowded with strangers,
but the grand gala day for Atlanta
will be on the 10Th of October, when
President Cleveland and his wife
visit their new Exposition. Atlanta
has some very beautiful streets and
pleasant homes. Peachtree street
is one of the most attractive, and on
this street is the home of Senator
Hill, or rather his widow, and fur
Their on his monument.
There is much wealth in Atlanta
and the people are yerv stylish. but